Fort Hill Lumber Co. v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

This is an action by the buyer to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract for the sale of hemlock logs. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict awarding plaintiff $77,000 damages.

There was evidence which would establish the following facts. Defendant’s logging manager, Bay Ayers, and plaintiff’s log buyer, Ziegler, met on June 1, 1967 to view a stand of timber which defendant planned to log. Plaintiff was interested in purchasing the hemlock logs in the stand. Ayers and Ziegler walked through some but not all parts of the area to be logged. Ayers did not describe…